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Hãy viết đoạn tóm tắt về nội dung bằng tiếng việt kích thích người mua: I swapped my AirPods Pro for this audiophile alternative — here’s what happened

I confess, I hadn’t heard of Status Audio until a campaign of ads for the latest wireless earbuds from the Brooklyn-based company started popping up on my social feeds. As audio editor with a keen ear for the best wireless earbuds though, the Status Between 3 ANC certainly got my attention thanks to their hybrid triple-driver tech that claims to bring “audiophile quality to the masses” in a wireless earbud.

Launched in April 2023, some of the ads I’ve seen market the Status Audio buds as a serious alternative to the AirPods Pro 2; one of the world’s most popular and some of my favorite wireless earbuds of 2023. The Status Audio’s balanced audio performance claims and features at the price certainly look appealing, but I’m keeping an open mind on whether that’s hyperbole or not.

they’re not for audiophiles.  

Plenty will disagree with me about the AirPods appeal. But for most music and podcast listeners going about their daily lives, the AirPods Pro 2 offer seamless integration with Apple devices and strong performance across most areas. That being said, even though they deliver a strong all-round package, they’re not without competition.

So, with the growing popularity for Status Audio’s designs and several cries from Tom’s Guide readers that I really should give them a try from a sound quality point of view, here are my impressions on the Status Between 3 ANC wireless earbuds.

Status Audio Between 3 ANC: How do they compare to the AirPods Pro 2?

The Status Between 3 ANC are priced at $249 / £200 (around AU$370), while the AirPods Por 2 USB-C have an MSRP of $249 / £229 / AU$399. Interestingly though, the Status’ can currently be found discounted to $179 at Amazon, and are also on sale at the same price via the Status Audio website. Meanwhile, Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 are on sale for $189 at Amazon right now. 

Unlike the AirPods Pro 2 white-only finish, the Status’ come in onyx and bone color options with chrome accents to the bottom half of the outer body. The Status Between 3 ANC have a striking design that’s as divisive as Apple’s ubiquitous drop-stem design, and I’m not much of a fan of either design. I prefer the round, compact design of the Sony WF-1000XM5 wireless earbuds that sit discreetly in my ears. 

If I had to choose between them though, I’d go for the AirPods Pro 2. The wider stems of the Status buds stick out way too much and look inelegant to my mind. The look feels chunky and outdated and although I’m not much of a fashion follower, I felt a little self conscious about wearing the Between 3 ANC out in the wild when trying them out at my gym.

I’ve been using the AirPods Pro 2 for my workouts for a couple of years now, and I’ve really been impressed by the way they manage to stay in place in my ears no matter how vigorous my training. While the Status stayed put during my workout session thanks to the stabilizing fitwings, they never quite felt secure due to their larger size and protrusion.

Build quality is similarly strong on both models, but one differentiating factor is that the Status’ have an IPX5 rating for water resistance while the AirPods are rated to IPX4. Another is battery life, and this is where the Status Audio manage to trounce the AirPods, claiming 8 hours of continuous audio playback with ANC on, and 12 hours of playback with ANC off.

Although there’s no information on battery life of the charging case, users should expect around three full top-ups for the wireless earbuds. In terms of earbud battery life, the AirPods fall significantly behind many of the best noise cancelling wireless earbuds at 6 hours with ANC enabled. Both models can support wireless recharging.

Are the Status Between 3 ANC better than AirPods Pro 2?

Status makes a lot of the hybrid triple driver tech used in the Between 3 ANC. They use a single 10mm dynamic driver for the lows, and two individual balanced armature drivers deigned to specifically handle mids and high frequency ranges. According to Status, it’s like having three speakers in each ear.

While I applaud the attention Status has lavished on the audiophile credentials built into the Between 3 ANC wireless earbuds, Bluetooth codec support is limited to SBC and AAC. There’s no aptX codec or LDAC support for better audio data handling with faster transfer rates to make the most of their triple drive audiophile credentials. That’s a shame given the sound quality benefits that Status claims is the major differentiator over the AirPods Pro 2.

It’s not all about audio Bluetooth codecs though, and I have to admit that there was a greater sense of stereo soundstage when listening to the triple drivers on the Status’ than my go-to AirPods Pro 2. It’s a different sound, though. There’s a strong dynamic energy given to low frequencies and the bass output seems to dig a little deeper and also hit harder. It’s a sound presentation I enjoyed as they gave more drive and energy to my regular workout playlist.

I had some criticisms over the sound balance though that means I still prefer the more even presentation that the AirPods deliver, even if they do sound a bit bland by comparison.

The Status app provides 3 sound mode profiles. The first is Signature sound, which while a go-to option for most listeners muddies the bass frequencies far too much to be listenable for any length of time. Selecting Original appears to emphasize both low and high frequencies and reduces the mids to give the feeling of a ‘warm’ sound. The Audiophile sound mode provided a better balance, but in the end I opted for the Custom EQ mode with its useful 8-band adjustment. This allowed me to tinker with the high frequency balance and drop the 5.8kHz and 14kHz frequency bands by a couple of notches to help soften the harshness that the dedicated treble driver delivered on some tracks.

I confess, I didn’t feel the need to go to great lengths to try out the ANC performance, as the passive noise isolation felt particularly strong. There is a useful transparency mode, although I seemed to be unable to activate it from the touch controls on the buds. There are no adaptive modes; ANC is either on or off. I felt that the sound balance was slightly better with ANC disabled. 

Verdict

While the Status app was easy to navigate, and the touch controls intuitive to use, I was disappointed by the lack of wear detection. I could easily remove the earbuds from my ears and the Status buds would continue playing until the battery was depleted. 

By today’s standards, the app and wear detection are where Status Audio needs to work. Their triple-driver audiophile credentials are a big selling point, but to my mind that doesn’t stack up with a lack of higher quality codec support and a sound balance that needs much more refinement to make the grade as a serious AirPods Pro 2 alternative.

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